SOLUTION: There are 10 marbles in a bag, 5 are yellow 2 are blue and 3 are green what is the probability of choosing a yellow and a blue marble
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Question 524464: There are 10 marbles in a bag, 5 are yellow 2 are blue and 3 are green what is the probability of choosing a yellow and a blue marble Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 10 marbles in a bag, 5 are yellow 2 are blue and 3 are green what is the probability of choosing a yellow and a blue marble.
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# of yellow/blue pairs: 5*2 = 10
Total # of pairs: 20C2 = 190
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P(yellow-blue pair) = 10/190 = 1/19
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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